Trying to learn Visayan, any tips?

[Dogwood_Poet 16]

My wife is trying to teach me Visayan, she has taught me a few words and phrases, plus she gives me an assignment each time we chat.

I want to be able to know a little more than I know now by the time I return later this year (if the government doesn't drag things out too long!) I can't find many helps online, I can find some courses on Tagalog but my wife says a lot of the words are different.

Any tips, ideas to help me out? I know I can't become a master in a few months, but I would like to be able to say a few things with the members of our family who don't speak English, or don't feel comfortable enough with what English they know.

Daghang salamat!

P.S.

Is it Visayan or Bisayan? I have seen both used.

[StarProg 0]

Here is a link I have to some Filipino language instruction software, including Visayan (Cebuano).

http://www.filipinolanguages.com/

I haven't tried it so can't attest to it's quality. Myself, I purchased an Ilocano dictionary the last time I was in the Philippines, and I study it whenever I can, but its slow going that way.

[sunandmoon 450]

My wife is from Davao and speaks Bisayan. she's tried to teach me some words and phrases, but I tend to forget them. the only one that has stuck is nahigugma ko nimo.

[garya505 2]

My wife is from Davao and speaks Bisayan. she's tried to teach me some words and phrases, but I tend to forget them. the only one that has stuck is nahigugma ko nimo.

The only phrase I can remember is "dako sampot".

Of course whenever I get behind a slow driver I'm saying "bao, bao!"

[sunandmoon 450]

The only phrase I can remember is "dako sampot".

hmm. i have a feeling my wife wouldn't take it as a compliment if I said that...

[eau_xplain 2]

I taught my husband "survival" phrases like:

(gi)Gutom na ko = I'm hungry

(gi)Uhaw ko = I'm thirsty

Kapoy kaayo ko = I'm very tired

Aside from the usual

Maayong Buntag = Good morning

Maayong Hapon = Good afternoon

Maayong gabi-i = Good evening

Salamat

When we visited Cebu last year he bought an English-Cebuano dictionary from the National Bookstore.

Edited May 21, 2007 by eau_xplain

[sunandmoon 450]

(gi)Gutom na ko = I'm hungry

I'll remember that one for when I go home tonite.

[dave_ehssa 0]

Bisaya here! and im a teacher wanna learn more???? LOL

[Psoas10 17]

Well the one thing that helps me, is to watch tagalog movies with subtitles. They probably is not much visayan movies per say. The best thing to to is write and speak it as much as possible with your wife. There is alot less resoureces to learn visayan compared to tagalog. For me ilocano is the dialect spoken here more, and my fiance speaks that. We decided to have me learn tagalog first. One last tip is the write snail mail in visayan her. Use a dictonary an write to her, and she can correct you.

[JelloShotGirl 0]

ginihugma kita!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

wala ko kasabot.

[smoke20 0]

My wife is trying to teach me Visayan, she has taught me a few words and phrases, plus she gives me an assignment each time we chat.

I want to be able to know a little more than I know now by the time I return later this year (if the government doesn't drag things out too long!) I can't find many helps online, I can find some courses on Tagalog but my wife says a lot of the words are different.

Any tips, ideas to help me out? I know I can't become a master in a few months, but I would like to be able to say a few things with the members of our family who don't speak English, or don't feel comfortable enough with what English they know.

Daghang salamat!

P.S.

Is it Visayan or Bisayan? I have seen both used.

i'm in the same boat.

i've been practicing with these, they've been working pretty good for me so far.

http://www.everlastinglove.com/cebuano.htm

http://www.lakbaypilipinas.com/travel_phil...rn_cebuano.html

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tagalog/diction...erse_lookup.htm

http://www.freewebs.com/nidans/index.htm

i don't know if its Visayan or Bisayan, i've been told they are the same...its just who's saying it.

but, i dunno.